Worcester Business Development Corp.

Worcester Community Action Council Executive Director Jill Dagilis will retire on May 31, the agency announced Thursday.

With investment pumping into developments all over the city, people throughout Massachusetts are talking about Worcester. Yet, the public investment largely spurring this revitalization has been maligned.

So far, 19 companies have signed on to be founding partners of the Worcester Red Sox minor league baseball team, including Polar Beverages, MGM Springfield and Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Hanover Insurance Group and UMass Memorial Health Care were among the more than a dozen that engaged in sponsorship discussions with the PawSox prior to the team leaving for Worcester.

Kevin O'Sullivan will step down at the end of the year as president and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives after two decades at the Worcester agency.

Kevin O'Sullivan will step down at the end of the year as president and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives after two decades at the Worcester agency.

The Worcester Business Development Corp. has been awarded a $15-million state grant to demolish the largest of the buildings at the future biomanufacturing park.

A new study slated to begin this fall will seek to compare best housing practices in Worcester and similar cities and to update a previous housing study done in 2012.

As CEO of one of the major Massachusetts nonprofit health insurers – and the only one headquartered in Worcester – Burke is in charge of the care for 276,893 members, representing nearly 10 percent of the total statewide market.

If you've ever served on a volunteer nonprofit board in Central Massachusetts, you've probably met Dagilis, serving right along aside you.